Crested shrike.
Primary Artist
J.W. Lewin (1770–1819)
Title
Source
Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with their natural history. Sydney: G. Howe, 1813
Page or Plate number
Plate 17
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 557
Date made
1803 – 1803-1805
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured
Matrix size
28.3 x 22.0 cm (printed image (irregular))
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
28.3 x 22.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
partial watermark: near outer edge, 'E&P [?]'; watermark centre of opposite page, '[shield]/ CA'.
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
14864
Accession number
96.916.17
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1996/97 (1996-10-29)
Provenance
A.S.Whymper, signature on free endpaper. Christie's catalogue (1996) suggests that this signature is that of Annette Whymper. Annette Whymper Annette Whymper was one of the eleven children of the English wood engraver Josiah Wood Whymper (1813-1903). The engravings for British Birds in their Haunts, 1862 after drawings by Joseph Wolf is considered his masterpiece. Among his other publications were the wood engravings for the Life and Habits of Wild Animals, 1873-74 produced with the help of his sons Charles, Frederick and Edward. Charles H. Whymper (1853-1941) provided illustrations for books on travel, sport and natural history. They include wood engravings for Yarrells History of British Birds, 1871-89 and the birds of Egypt in 1909. Edward J. Whymper (1840-1911), alpinist, illustrator and wood engraver, who engraved the illustrations for Howard Willoughby Australian pictures drawn with pen and pencil London 1886, married Edith Mary Lewin in 1906. H.Bradley Martin Henry Bradley Martin (1906-1988), born in New York, studied at Christ Church College, Oxford from 1924-29. During these years he began to form his extensive library which was particularly strong in ornithology and literature. Martin had the distinction of owning two copies of this book. Library of H.Bradley Martin, Sotheby's, New York 7 June 1989, lot 145, US $360,000 (A$ 525,000) John Elliott John Elliott born 1941, company director, acquired a number of high priced books in the late 1980s. Printed Books, Autograph Letters, Documents, Pop and Sport Memorabilia, Christie's, Melbourne 26 March 1996, lot 276 (est. $3000,000-500,000) $240,000 to Horden House. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Horden House, Sydney, 1996.
Credit line
Purchased 1996
Subject categories
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Animal: Bird
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Lewin, J.W. | (1770–1819) Australian | English | Male | artist